Rope runner pro (CE vs Non-CE version)

[carlos]

hope you were ok!!??

[Mick Dempsey]

Yeah, what happened Joe?

[Joe Newton]

I guess I was complacent, lazy or stupid. Possibly all three.

 

Final chog on an ivy covered stem, didn't bother with putting my main line in as it was a pain to reach around the ivy.

 

500i got pulled by a bit of ivy coming out the cut and just cut clean through my lanyard.

 

Was only about 4m from the deck so walked away with a stiff neck and bruised pride.

[Mark Bolam]

I hope the lanyard was CE marked.

[Mick Dempsey]

Glad you’re ok, lesson learned without serious consequence.

 

Looking back where were the mistakes?

[Joe Newton]

10 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

I hope the lanyard was CE marked.

It was, but it's also made by Stein. Not sure which would be worse tbh.

8 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Glad you’re ok, lesson learned without serious consequence.

 

Looking back where were the mistakes?

Yeah man, anything like that that doesn't fuck you up has to be a lesson, right?

 

Just being lazy/arrogant mate. Would've taken a few seconds to put a second attachment in. Was an easy job so probably wasn't concentrating much either.

 

I usually just come clean through with the saw on timber, I hate step cutting bigger stuff. Sometimes I pop a mini wedge in the kerf to let me complete the cut.

 

Maybe I should rethink that for ivy covered stuff where I might get the saw snagged on exit.

[carlos]

cool glad your ok, 

easy mistake to make, and ivy never makes things easy, it is good for putting in the kerf as a wedge though!

[Mick Dempsey]

Just now, Joe Newton said:

It was, but it's also made by Stein. Not sure which would be worse tbh.

Yeah man, anything like that that doesn't **************** you up has to be a lesson, right?

 

Just being lazy/arrogant mate. Would've taken a few seconds to put a second attachment in. Was an easy job so probably wasn't concentrating much either.

 

I usually just come clean through with the saw on timber, I hate step cutting bigger stuff. Sometimes I pop a mini wedge in the kerf to let me complete the cut.

 

Maybe I should rethink that for ivy covered stuff where I might get the saw snagged on exit.

I’m the same about step cuts, drives me mad watching someone doing them and then it not cracking off, then doing it again, waste of time and energy

Teaching someone about going through in one cut at the moment, we call it ‘feathering it through’ ie. Not blasting through the back at full throttle.

I often just jam a twig of the like behind the kerf to stop it pinching, all about throttle control.

I often cut off the Ivy, or at least saw off the horizontal stuff.

 

Any other advice on how to suck eggs, I’m here!😀

 

 

[Joe Newton]

Like I said, arrogance. I've been climbing for over 12 years, and got most of the silly mistakes out of the way early on.

 

I've had very competent friends have mistakes, but I obviously thought I was better than that. That'll learn me.

[EthArb]

3 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Errrr, because it’s fit for purpose?

 

Back in the day, Armour Pruss cord wasn’t CE marked, but exceeded every CE requirement by some margin.

How couldn’t it be fit for purpose, knowing that?

Design and use reg's in the UK say no and the man who knows sweet fa about climbing kit, who's also the man who'll prosecute you when someone gets hurts, doesn't know that without being able to read the CE certificate.